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Colour

#06495E

  • #06495E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#06495E is a cyan with RGB values 6, 73, 94 and HSL 194°, 88%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#06495E#06495E
HEX#06495E
RGBrgb(6, 73, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.2863, 0.3686
RGB percentages2.4%, 28.6%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(194.3, 88%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 93.6%, 36.9%)
CMYK93.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer411,998
CSS custom property--colour: #06495E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.89:1
Contrast with white9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#F9B6A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E475Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#32405Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004F50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.4Dim grey · ΔE 26.3Slate grey · ΔE 26.9Teal · ΔE 28.4Steel blue · ΔE 28.8Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E1B06
Analogous#065E47, #061D5E
Triadic#5E0649, #495E06
Split complementary#5E061D, #5E4706
Tetradic#47065E, #5E1B06, #1D5E06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3DC7F3
Lighter +30%#0FB9EE
Lighter +20%#0C93BE
Lighter +10%#096E8E
Darker −10%#03242E
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004C64
Less saturated −25%#134252

Channel breakdown

R6
G73
B94
Red6 (2.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue194.32°
Saturation (HSL)88%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G 49 · B 5E

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